26 Dec
2018
26 Dec
'18
9:40 a.m.
Just a friendly reminder to beginners on the FM satellites (maybe you just got a new radio for Christmas), that there is an established protocol for calling on the FM birds and "CQ satellite" isn't it.
I strongly urge anyone new to the satellites to check out this pdf of best practices for the FM satellites:
https://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/FM-Satellites-Bes...
If you are "CQing" on an FM bird you are taking up time that could be going into actual QSOs.
Thank you!
Steve AI9IN